Moon Dog

Tattoo: The design, and the results

Here's a design I did for a client who wanted a piece of mine as a tattoo. She liked the style of one of the cat heads in my print "Rainbow Cats", and asked if I could do a color version of it. Knowing that you cannot get quite as much fine-line detail in a tattoo, I did a slightly simpler line version of it, then added several color layers from her list of favorite colors. The finished design is above, and the actual tattoo that resulted is below.

(It's not as "narrow" as it seems. The tattoo artist actually did a really good job, it's just my photo here exaggerates the warping of the image wrapping around her arm.) I've had several designs now translated into tattoo art, and this is one of the better results. It doesn't matter how good the art is you take in to them, it's the person who wields the needle whose talent is most important.

It's always an amazing compliment when someone says they actually want to wear my art permanently on their body!

Arthur C. Clarke's "Inner Robot"

I just found out that my "Inner Robot" portrait of Arthur C. Clarke will be in the next issue of Slam Bang. However, it will be running as an interior piece, and thus in black and white. So I thought I'd put up the full color version here for full disclosure.
And, because it never hurts to toss in a plug, I'll point out that these portraits aren't just for the big-name folks. You can get your own Inner Robot portrait done. Just go to the appropriate spot on my webpage, (which would happen to be right here), for more information on getting yourself the total robot treatment.

Your Leader...Loves to Point

ConDFW 10 - 2011 Program Book Cover

I seem to have surprised some people with the last posting. Most folks only know my work in pen and ink. But I have been playing more with color the last year or two. Specifically taking my ink drawings, then scanning them and using a digital airbrush to get the affects I always wanted to, but just took so long with a real airbrush.
Here's another one, from earlier in this year. The good folks at ConDFW in Dallas were kind enough to invite me to be the Artist Guest of Honor this year, and I took that as an opportunity to do my version of their pegasus mascot. Originally it was just meant to be used on badges, so I kept it to a more horizontal format. Then, when they said they also wanted to use it on the program book cover, they let me do the design work on that. I was quite pleased with the graphic result here.

"I Should Have Stayed In OZ"

Here's a piece I recently finished for a new book called "I Should Have Stayed in OZ", to be published by Yard Dog Press. I love the idea of this one: a collection of short stories of what happens to Dorothy when she gets back to Kansas. It'll be an anthology of different authors, and I've not seen any of the text, so I'm really looking forward to getting this one myself when it's printed, and seeing what kind of tales they come up with!